Functional Skills Training for FE Tutors/Lecturers:
Active English Training

Pivotal provide cutting edge training tailored to your institution. Sample agendas are available on request. We don't 'train and run', we build sustainable practice that works for the long term. All our training can be booked with coaching & mentoring.

Are you looking for more interesting and active ways to raise achievement in Functional Skills for Entry 1, 2, 3 and level 1 and 2 ?

Would you like to create a real enthusiasm for Functional Skills in staff and learners?

Complexity, Technical demand, Familiarity and Independence

One of the most useful staff development sessions I have ever attended - definitely up to the usual high Pivotal standard.
Delegate from Lowestoft College

Train your Functional Skills tutors to deliver active, engaging and differentiated lessons that students enjoy. Students who have difficulties with basic skills in English need to be active participants. The worksheet, PowerPoint and text book are not going to raise achievement, engagement or retention.

Pivotal trainers will work with your lecturers to inject enthusiasm into teaching Functional Skills. We will demonstrate teaching styles that work, introduce resources that are irresistible and leave your colleagues inspired to change their practice.

Pivotal work with over 157 FE colleges and FE providers with lecturers from Plastering to Media, Hair and Beauty to Performing Arts. We understand the issues that surround Functional Skills. We understand the need to raise expectations of Functional Skills lessons. The expectations of students and of tutors.

Our Functional Skills: Active English training may include:

• Raising achievement in Speaking and Listening
• Engaging and motivating reluctant readers
• Differentiating texts and selecting appropriate resources
• Fantastic, active games that promote engagement and give real life rehearsal
• Planning outstanding functrional skills lessons and schemes
• Spelling solutions
• Genres for writing - motivating boys to write well and at length
• Identifying and helping students with hidden disabilities
• Speaking your writing aloud
• Structuring and introducing more active learning
• Raising expectations, raising achievement
• Self esteem and literacy skills
• Speaking Up! Strategies for developing an extended vocabulary
• Preparing for OFSTED Functional Skills inspection
• Speaking, listening and communication
• Negotiated assessment
• Active reading and writing

This was the best training session I have EVER attended. It has allowed me to reflect on my own teaching and am dying to get back in the classroom and use some of Frank's strategies.
Delegate from Lowestoft College

If we allow students to leave FE without being able to use an extended formal vocabulary and communicate with precision, we fail them.

All our training agendas are tailored to your needs and desired outcomes.
Please contact us to discuss how we can tailor this training for your setting.